From the lessons of COVID-19 to the challenge of AI and the Siena Biotechnopole: Rita Carsetti outlines the strategy to stop pandemics before they start, while Daniela Quaggia highlights the central role of citizens as active partners in research

From decision support to predictive diagnostics, artificial intelligence is opening unprecedented scenarios in medicine. Yet, adopting these technologies requires clear governance, high-quality data, and training for healthcare professionals. For TrendSanità, the authors of the book “Is AI the Perfect Doctor?” analyze AI’s potential, risks, and legal aspects

Time is life, and any delay can be costly. With the Critical Medicines Act under discussion in Europe, the goal is to ensure faster and safer access to essential medicines, crucial for patients with rare diseases such as primary immunodeficiencies

Social and environmental inequalities weigh heavily on respiratory health across Europe. During the Workshop on European Policies and Advocacy in Respiratory Care held in Brussels, organized by Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network, Professor Guglielmo Trovato emphasized the need for an integrated approach linking environmental policies, prevention, and healthcare professional training to ensure equity and quality of care

On the sidelines of the European workshop Active Citizens in Europe Advocate for (Adult) Vaccination, Marco Del Riccio (University of Florence) explains to TrendSanità why vaccination is increasingly recognized as a cardiovascular prevention strategy, with implications for public health and European policies

With the new regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS), the EU strengthens citizens’ digital rights. Fulvia Raffaelli (DG SANTE, European Commission) explains what changes in terms of access, control, and use of health data across Europe

Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network and the Italian Federation of Incontinent and Stomised Associations (FAIS) have launched a European-wide project for the recognition of the rights of people with ostomy. New Civic Recommendations and the communication campaign "(In)visible" have been presented

The Healthy Technology Act 2025, proposed in USA, could grant artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies the status of "authorized practitioners", allowing them to prescribe medications without human intervention. What scenarios does this open up, and why is the situation different in Europe?

A TrendSanità ebook takes stock of the reproductive issue in Poland: Maria Boratyńska, Professor of Health Law and secretary of the Bioethics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, summarizes -on the eve of the elections - the main issues on abortion rights and in vitro fertilization in her country

Assistants often mistaken for doctors: they have existed in the UK for decades to at least partially counteract the shortage of medical staff. Today, however, despite plans to increase their numbers, they are becoming a problem

The European Medicines Agency recently launched the first version of a platform to automate and standardise data collection on drug shortages. Monica Dias, Head of Supply and Availability of medicines and medical devices at EMA, discusses it with TrendSanità

There is a shortage of GPs throughout Europe and it is not just a question of remuneration. According to Tiago Villanueva, President of UEMO, ways must be found to keep the younger generation within the general practice pathway

Alessandro Vespignani, among the world's leading experts in computational epidemiology, tells TrendSanità what the future of infectious disease prediction looks like. It starts from widespread organization at the supranational level to a network of sentinels at airports to measure the movement of viruses

Antonio Decaro, elected president of the largest committee in the European Parliament, the ENVI (Committee on the Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety), speaks for the first time in an interview with TrendSanità about the challenges of his mandate

The European Patients' Forum aims, through its projects, at a more equal, inclusive and empowered healthcare by encouraging the involvement of patients in European healthcare decisions

Whoever is chosen will need to navigate the need to prepare for future health emergencies, promote equitable access to healthcare services, and address Europe's complex demographic and environmental challenges

Stine Bosse (liberal) and Laurent Castillo (centre-right) highlight as priorities essential medicines, innovation, preventive health and a health committee

Vaccines represent one of the most extraordinary discoveries in medicine, capable of preventing millions of deaths and significantly improving the quality of life globally. And where they are lacking, the difference is evident. An in-depth analysis with Stefano Vella, Adjunct Professor of Global Health at the Catholic University of Rome

In the wake of the European Court of Justice’s historic ruling, Greens MEP Rosa D’Amato emphasises the need to close the Taranto steel plant, starting an economic reconversion of the area using the Just Transition Fund. The current political debate opposes the right to health and the right to work

The decision could come as early as today: an ad-hoc group would allow more attention and resources to be devoted to the sector, but opponents emphasize the importance of preserving the "One Health" approach